TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in the Time of COVID-19
T2 - Should We Add a Cup of Coffee?
AU - Semiz, Sabina
AU - Serdarevic, Fadila
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Semiz and Serdarevic.
PY - 2020/10/6
Y1 - 2020/10/6
N2 - Recent evidence shows that COVID-19 patients with existing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome, are exposed to a high risk of morbidity and mortality. At the same time, in order to manage the pandemic, the health authorities around the world are advising people to stay at home. This results in decreased physical activity and an increased consumption of an unhealthy diet, which often leads to an increase in body weight, risk for diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome, and thus, paradoxically, to a high risk of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 complications. Here we summarize the evidence demonstrating that the promotion of a healthy life style, including physical activity and a dietary intake of natural polyphenols present in coffee and tea, has the potential to improve the prevention and management of insulin resistance and diabetes in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, it would be pertinent to evaluate further the potential positive effects of coffee beverages, rich in natural polyphenols, as an adjuvant therapy for COVID-19, which appear not to be studied sufficiently.
AB - Recent evidence shows that COVID-19 patients with existing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome, are exposed to a high risk of morbidity and mortality. At the same time, in order to manage the pandemic, the health authorities around the world are advising people to stay at home. This results in decreased physical activity and an increased consumption of an unhealthy diet, which often leads to an increase in body weight, risk for diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome, and thus, paradoxically, to a high risk of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 complications. Here we summarize the evidence demonstrating that the promotion of a healthy life style, including physical activity and a dietary intake of natural polyphenols present in coffee and tea, has the potential to improve the prevention and management of insulin resistance and diabetes in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, it would be pertinent to evaluate further the potential positive effects of coffee beverages, rich in natural polyphenols, as an adjuvant therapy for COVID-19, which appear not to be studied sufficiently.
KW - ACE2
KW - coffee
KW - COVID-19
KW - insulin resistance
KW - obesity
KW - physical activity
KW - polyphenols
KW - type 2 diabetes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094138365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fnut.2020.581680
DO - 10.3389/fnut.2020.581680
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85094138365
SN - 2296-861X
VL - 7
JO - Frontiers in Nutrition
JF - Frontiers in Nutrition
M1 - 581680
ER -